Friday, July 20, 2007

TREASURIES-Rocky credit markets spark bond-buying spree

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 20 - U.S. Treasury debt prices
jumped on Friday as ongoing credit worries and weaker stocks
allowed bond bulls to test six-week lows in benchmark yields.




A mix of hard data and anecdotal evidence have underpinned
a week-long rally. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's
testimony, which referred extensively to the problem in the
subprime mortgages sector, only added fuel.


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